Scientists make ‘rare’ new identification of snake family: Micrelapidae
A multinational team of researchers has identified a new family of snakes, Micrelapidae, which live in East Africa and the Middle East.These small, rear-fanged...
TreadRight announces newest project partner Trees for Life and supporting its...
This Earth Day, the TreadRight Foundation, a joint initiative between The Travel Corporation’s (TTC) brands, announces its newest project partner, Scotland-based Trees for Life...
Home to rare corals, a Chilean fjord declines in spite of...
The Comau Fjord, in the Chilean region of Patagonia, is one of the only sites in the world where the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus...
Deforestation in Borneo threatens three endangered, endemic plant species
The rampant deforestation for monoculture plantation and logging in western Indonesian Borneo has exacerbated the extinction risks of three plant species endemic to the...
Fire boosts aquatic crustaceans in U.S. savannas
In an interesting twist, two kinds of rare American freshwater crustaceans have been found to thrive after prescribed burns in their habitats.Populations of vernal...
Q&A with Indigenous leader Júnior Hekurari Yanomami
Júnior Hekurari Yanomami is a leader of the Yanomami people in Roraima state, Brazil, where he founded an organization to aid his people after...
Norway proposes opening Germany-sized area of its continental shelf to deep-sea...
Norway has proposed opening up a Germany-sized part of the Norwegian Sea to deep-sea mining.The area holds considerable quantities of minerals needed for renewable...
Indigenous women in Colombia protect rich Amazonian wetland from overfishing
Dozens of Indigenous women in Colombia’s Amazon are monitoring, managing, raising awareness and restoring a wetland ecosystem impacted by overfishing.After partnering with environmental organizations...
Tech tools comb weather data for bird migrations
Since its launch in 1999, the BirdCast project has used weather radar data to track and forecast bird migrations across the U.S.In recent years,...
Chilean chinchilla faces new threat from copper mine near national reserve
Las Chinchillas National Reserve is the only place in the world dedicated to the protection of the Chilean chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera), a species that...
Mining may contribute to deforestation more than previously thought, report says
A new report from WWF says there are still considerable discrepancies about how mining-related deforestation is occurring, and why.Most mining-related deforestation is driven by...
EU parliament passes historic law forcing companies to track deforestation
A law passed by the European Parliament requires companies working in cattle, cocoa, coffee, palm oil, rubber, soy and wood to demonstrate their products...
